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Archive Home > 2005 > October > 03 > Escape from the ordinary

Escape from the ordinary

How local ranchers, local artisans and a national retailer joined forces to promote a sustainable Central Oregon economy

By Anna Sowa / The Bulletin
October 3, 2005

Jeanne Carver, 52, is a wool-working ball of energy. Her bright-green eyes dart around her kitchen on Imperial Stock Ranch as she picks bits of straw off a panel knitted from her sheep's wool.

The panel will be sent soon to local artisans, who will turn it into a jacket for Hillsboro, Ore.-based....

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